One of my personal writing heroes/goddesses passed away last night after a long illness. Vale Diana Wynne Jones. Thank you for your stories. Dogsbody and Charmed Life are two spec fiction books I remember reading when I was quite young (I suspect around 8). I...

It seems there is a cost to a surfeit of fabulousness…there’s a lurgy doing the rounds of attendees, the usual conference crud type thing and while I managed to avoid such things in Dallas, I haven’t this time. So I’ll be the one over there,...

I woke up this morning early and realised the orange cat hadn’t come in last night. He’s getting sneaky in his old age and likes to duck outside before dinner and push the limits of when he comes back in and gets locked in for the night. But he’s not...

It’s been one of those weeks. You know the kind – you hear about something that sounds cool but hey, it’s not available in Australia. The library doesn’t have the books you want. The bookstore doesn’t have the books you want. The music...

I was intending to copy Jenny Crusie and list some 2007 Indulgences (go read her blog to get the low down) but given my day so far has tended to bank inspired crankiness, I might have to do that later. I could do a list of top five annoyances. At the moment it would...